First winner for Wallace at his local course Seventeen-year-old Shay Wallace registered a winner on his first ride at his local Cork racecourse today, steering the Jimmy Barcoe-trained Nouvel Espoir (15/2) to win the Ryan's Cleaning Handicap. Previously successful twice on San Andreas for his employer trainer Joseph O’Brien at Dundalk last December, Wallace today registered a third career success, when moving the gelding to lead over a furlong out to eventually hold Verified by a half-length. Wallace, from Ballynoe, commented “this is amazing, as I’ve been coming here as long as I can remember. It was always a dream to ride around here so to have a winner on my first ride is special. “I have my license just over a year and almost my whole family are here, so it is great to have them.” He added “I was always happy in the race, he broke well, settled nicely once I left the leaders go on and he quickened away lovely. We were confident coming here as I rode him at Navan on Saturday where he flew home and even getting up on him in the parade ring today, I knew he was in the same form.”
